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3 results for SMOOTHER from Modern Era puzzles:

Date	Grid	Clue	Author	Editor
Sun Mar 5, 2017	119A	Not so awkward	Timothy Polin	Shortz
Mon Feb 23, 1998	11D	Not so bumpy	Mark Danna	Shortz
Sun Jul 31, 1994	11D	Less bumpy	Richard Silvestri	Shortz

3 results for SMOOTHER from pre-Shortz puzzles:

Date	Grid	Clue	Author	Editor
Tue Dec 21, 1982	37D	More polished	Dorothy Smitonick	Maleska
Wed Aug 5, 1981	9D	Not so jarring	Louis Sabin	Maleska
Fri Apr 22, 1966	42D	With fewer wrinkles.	Unknown	Farrar

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